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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: welshjonah on Wednesday 21 February 18 11:12 GMT (UK)
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The name of the street would be appreciated
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Howell Street :-\
It helps us if when requesting this type of look up you tell us the location of the marriage ;)
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Agree - Howell Street for me to
Sandra
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Agree Howell Street, presumably a Welsh town?
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Sorry, Yes it's a Welsh town in Aberavon. Everyone I ask is unanimous with Howell St, for that I thank you, but it doesn't seem that Howell St existed.
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A Catholic wedding in Aberavon
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I've seen a single newspaper reference to Howell Street, Sandfields, Aberavon (in an 1895 bankruptcy notice concerning a David Jones, grocer). However on checking the Gazette notice, it turned out to be Powell Street.
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I've been looking at the old OS maps on NLS and the only street that I can find is Powell Street. It might have been written as Hywel as an alternative but nothing so far. What date was the marriage?
Gadget
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Hi, The marriage was 1895. Powell St has been suggested to me as possibly being the correct address. Where would I find a map with Powell St on it. Thanks for your help. Maybe it was interpreted wrongly, as he had a broad Irish accent
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Hi
It's somewhere on this map:
http://maps.nls.uk/view/102342511#zoom=4&lat=2825&lon=3898&layers=BT
you'll need to zoom in and look around .
Gadget
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Thanks, I'll look now
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Is your man in Aberavon in the 1861 census? Is the excerpt from the actual church register or from the Registrar's copy? Did your man sign?
A strong accent misinterpreted may be the answer.
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It does not help much but remember that "heol" is the Welsh word for "road". There are quite a few heols in Aberavon, although most streets have English names.
Also, about 2 miles away on the outskirts of Neath is a Howel Rd just North of the Balti Shop (which probably was not there at the time!) where the Pant yr Heol comes close to the canal.
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It looks like Howell to me as well, but when searching the maps, keep an eye out for Hewett, just in case the T's weren't crossed (or the ink long faded).